Why Bollywood did not recreate the magic at field workplace like 2023? Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan – Firstpost

2024 is on the verge of its finish and sadly, Bollywood did not recreate its magic on the field workplace like 2023, which was among the finest years within the historical past of Hindi cinema.

Whereas Bollywood bought its highest-grosser yr of all time this yr within the type of
Stree 2, which earned Rs 627 crore, in 2023 we noticed Hindi cinema delivering not one or two however 4 Rs 500 crore movies with Pathaan, Jawan,
Gadar 2 and
Animal.

Other than the improper schedule of releases, which left many essential dates empty on the field workplace, the pointless clashes additionally impacted the enterprise of the flicks.

Speaking about 2024’s field workplace efficiency, movie distributor and multiplex proprietor Raj Bansal instructed Firstpost, “We by no means had good prepared movie for theatres. Like, there was no Shah Rukh Khan movie, no Salman Khan movie, no Aamir Khan movie and no Ranbir Kapoor movie. That was the explanation we suffered in 24.” When questioned whether or not clashes like
Singham Once more–Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 and Stree 2-Vedaa-Khel Khel Mein have an effect on the enterprise of the flicks, he replied, “For certain, it does. It does have an effect on by 20 %, if no more.”

Akkshay Rathie, Director, Aashirwad Theatres Pvt Ltd, additionally shared his ideas about Bollywood’s disappointing efficiency in 2024 and stated, “I feel the shortage of sufficient releases, I imply when you have a look at the variety of releases that occurred this yr, months of no Hindi motion pictures of significance releasing. Any and each Hindi film of significance got here solely on the festivals and nationwide holidays, and actually, no one got here alongside within the center. So the shortage of a big variety of releases has been fairly disappointing. However having stated that, very like in our motion pictures, however climax have been at all times thrilling. And this December now we have
Pushpa 2,
Mufasa and Child John, all of that are wanting very thrilling.”

When requested about clashes affecting enterprise on the field workplace, Rathi replied, “Properly, see it will depend on what the deserves of the movie are. If there are 2 issues which can be certain brief blockbusters, then they do cannibalize into one another’s enterprise additionally being in the identical style like Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 and Singham Once more, they’re each mass entertainer and so they undoubtedly did cannibalize into one another’s enterprise. However when you have one thing like a Khel Khel Mein and Vedaa coming with Stree 2, I feel it’s okay as a result of each the flicks cater to very totally different audiences.”

Whereas 2024 has not been a fascinating yr for Bollywood, 2025 is predicted to be a winner with biggies like Sikandar, De De Pyaar De 2, Alpha, Thama, Chhava, Azaad, Dhadak 2, Jolly LLB 3, Housefull 5, Battle 2, Raid 2 and others arriving on the ticket home windows.